Th -century printing of du Verdier’s “History of the Turks.”. Bayezid II. Suleiman II. A Paris : Chez Theodore Girard., 1665. This work is an incredibly important work detailing the military and religious implication of the Ottoman Empire during the early 17.

Louis XIV (1638 – 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death. Language : French.

The work was written between 50 and 70 AD by Pedanius Dioscorides, a Roman physician of Greek origin. It was widely read for more than 1,500 years until supplanted by revised herbals in the Renaissance, making it one of the longest-lasting of all natural history books.

Formation of the Catholic League. th -century. These wars predominantly fall under the French Wars of Religion, the military operations between the Catholics and the Huguenots. An incredible rare first edition of Jean Le Frere’s “Complete History of Civil Wars” – a collection of stories, accounts, and important aspects of wars in France and Flanders in the late 16.

By Antonio de Herrera. The third section briefly describes other voyages into the Pacific and also includes Pedro de Cevallos' account of Spanish possessions in the New World. Published in Amsterdam in 1622, the first French edition of this highly important account of Spanish conquests in the New World.

The political interactions and negotiations of Pierre Jeannin. This work is an important work on “one of the great and most illustrious ambassadors ever” (Wicquefort). Pierre Jeannin (1540–1622) was a French statesman.

This book by Pierre Saint Marie Magdelaine details specifics on watch making. However, watchmaking was not his only forte. An incredible, famous work on the history of watch making! 72 illustrated engravings.

VIGNOLA, Giacomo Barozzi da. A Paris : Ches Pierre Mariette., 1665. Language: French. th -century architects. This edition was one of many to be based on Pierre Le Muet's reduction of 1632. Signatures: {}.

François de Bassompierre (1579 – 1646) was a French courtier. Main author : François de Bassompierre. As a diplomat, his career was a failure. In 1625, he was sent into Switzerland on an equally futile mission, and in 1626 to London to secure the retention of the Catholic ecclesiastics and attendants of Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England.

Antonio de Torquemada was a Spanish Renaissance author. He is most known for his work “Garden of Peculiar Flowers” – a book of the esoteric, bizarre, and spirit world. Torquemada shares stories of brownies or sprites ‘picking’ on people, throwing stones at them, and showing general annoyance.

A beautiful, charming example of one of Virgil’s most important and well-known works, ‘Aeneid’. This work is considered one of the most important and best works of literature ever to be written. This rare second edition was edited by Pierre Perrin and features two fine full-page decorative added engraved title pages.

Main author : Dionis, Mr; S Thomassin; Laurent d' Houry; Pierre Trabouillet; Pierre Aubouyn. Pierre Dionis, born in 1643 in Paris where he died December 11, 1718, Is a French surgeon and anatomist, a pupil of Joseph-Guichard Du Verney.

First edition of Antoine Varillas’ History of Louis XII. However, after his writings reached the public, he began to lose his reputation as a scholar, as his works did not achieve the status he hoped they would.

Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528) was a German painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. Published : Arnhem : Jean Jeansz, 1614. After a few years of school, Dürer started to learn the basics of goldsmithing and drawing from his father.

Philippe de Commines (1447 – 1511) was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. Auec deux epistres en la recommandation de l'Autheur. Le tout reueu & corrigé de nouvveau, etc. Philippe de Commines (or de Commynes or "Philippe de Comines"; Latin: Philippus Cominaeus; 1447 – 18 October 1511) was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France.

In ‘The Prince,’ Machiavelli treads a line between accepting tyranny and supporting free republic. This 1664 edition is from the complete works ofMachiavelli published in Paris and features the two most important works by Machiavelli – ‘The Prince’ and ‘The Art of War.’.

Godefroy Hermant was a 17. HERMANT, Godefroy. th -centuery Catholic theologian known for his canonical and ecclesiastical history works. Athanasius of Alexander was a 4. First edition. th -century early Church Father who was notably against Arianism.

Published : Suivant la copie impr. à Paris, 1665. They were eventually able to oust the Habsburg armies, and in 1581 they established the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. Publisher : Suivant la copie impr.

[11] Influenced by Stoic philosophy, the "substance" of Tertullian, however, was a material substance that did not refer to a single God, but to the sharing of the substance of the Father with the Son and, through the Son, with the Holy Spirit.

Nicolas de Bonnefons was a 17. BONNEFONS, Nicolas de. strawberries, raspberries, currants, mushrooms, and truffles. th -century agronomist who is well-known for his famous treatise on gardening, ‘The French Gardener.’.

Lorenzo Scupoli was a 16. th -century theological author known for writing one of the most important works of Catholic devotion – ‘The Spiritual Combat.’. This book is a manual of practical living morally and spiritually, teaching against sin and temptation along with ways to grow closer to God.

These sermons were written down and published as a collection, published here as 21 individual sermons. When Jean Daille, a 17. DAILLE, Jean. Geneva : Pour Jean Ant. & Samuel De Tournes, 1667. First edition.

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius (c. 69 – 122 AD), was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. Main author : Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus ;.

Louis Maimbourg’s “Histoire du Calvinism”. This first edition history of Calvinism was received as major heresy among Protestants. This book also presents events in the history of the Protestant Reformation in France and papal oppositions.

Blaise Pascal’s thoughts, organized as “Pensees,” were written as a collection of writings on theology and philosophy. He defended Christianity in this work. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect.

This work is often considered the. Jean Taisnier (1508 – 1562) was a musician, astrologer, and self-styled mathematician who published a number of works. Main author : Jean Taisnier. : Et naturalem astrologiam atq[ue] effectus lunæ quoad diuersas ægritudines.

His reign extended into Persia and Syria and was known to be ruthless in his destruction even though he and his armies were nomadic. Paris : A. Pralard, 1677. First edition. Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm).

The Four Books of Sentences (Libri Quattuor Sententiarum) is a book of theology written by Peter Lombard in the 12th century. Main author : Peter Lombard. Peter Lombard's most famous and most controversial doctrine in the Sentences was his identification of charity with the Holy Spirit in Book I, distinction 17.

MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo. ― Niccolò Machiavelli. Amsterdam : Chez Henri Desbordes, 1692. th -century Renaissance philosophy. “Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”. should be started and managed, rather than how it was managed by the Romans.

This 1650 first edition was translated into French by François Charpentier and features biographical sketches of the life of Socrates taken from Xenophon’s account of the iconic philosopher. Xenophon was a student of Socrates and began writing defenses and apologies of Socrates’ philosophy.

The earliest Sibyls, ‘who admittedly are known only through legend,’ prophesied at certain holy sites, under the divine influence of a deity, originally—at Delphi and Pessinos—one of the chthonic deities.

A history of the Knights Hospitaller, The Siege of Rhodes, and Ottoman Sultans! Many Dominique Bouhours works went through several edits and criticized editions. While a large number of the works are well respected, others are considered to be less than authoritative.